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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-27

I.- Regular, acceptable and appropriate tenders, which have not been rejected pursuant to article R. 4122-4-26, are ranked in descending order by applying the award criteria. II - The contract is awar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-16

I.-The adapted procedure is the procedure by which the National Council freely defines the terms and conditions for awarding the contract, in compliance with the principles set out in article L. 4122-…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Bed and breakfast

Article L324-4

Anyone offering one or more guest rooms for rent must have made a prior declaration to the mayor of the municipality in which the property is located.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: DETENTION ARRANGEMENTS

Article R744-47

…detention to another, under the conditions set out in article L. 744-17, is the département prefect and, in Paris, the police prefect.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Election campaign and voting operations

Article R4031-34-4

…issued in accordance with the conditions set out in the same article.The votes are counted by union and a secure printout is made for inclusion in the electronic voting record. The members of the elec…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article R621-40

…appointed pursuant to this provision may submit observations in support of the objections notified and propose a sanction. The defendant, if present, and his or her counsel present the defendant's de…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article R621-42

The Autorité des marchés financiers shall, where appropriate, inform the European Commission and the competent authorities of the other Member States of the European Union of the decisions it takes pu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article R621-41

When one of the legal entities referred to in II of Article L. 621-9 is temporarily or permanently banned from trading or temporarily suspended from trading, the Chairman of the Autorité des marchés f…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2: Prohibitions relating to the protection of trade marks and indications of origin.

Article 40

…hat do not comply with the obligations imposed on indications of origin by the law of 20 April 1932 and the decrees issued for its implementation are prohibited from entry and excluded from storage.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-13

…does not allow separate services to be identified. The National Council determines the number, size and purpose of the lots. It may limit the number of lots for which a single economic operator may su…

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